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'''Pogrebea''' is a village near [[Dubăsari]] on the border between [[Moldova]] and [[Transnistria]], part of which is located in a [[buffer zone]] overseen by the three-nation [[Joint Control Commission]]. During the [[1992]] [[War of Transnistria]] it was the center of some of the heaviest fighting. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved [[landmines]] in the region.[http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/4.1/moldova.htm] |
'''Pogrebea''' is a village near [[Dubăsari]] on the border between [[Moldova]] and [[Transnistria]], part of which is located in a [[buffer zone]] overseen by the three-nation [[Joint Control Commission]]. During the [[1992]] [[War of Transnistria]] it was the center of some of the heaviest fighting. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved [[landmines]] in the region.[http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/4.1/moldova.htm] |
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In [[Moldovan language]], ''Pogrebă'' means "a basement", and ''-ea'' is a specific ending in Moldovan |
In [[Moldovan language]], ''Pogrebă'' means "a basement", and ''-ea'' is a specific ending in Moldovan; the addition of which means that Pogrebea signifies "'''the''' basement". |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[War of Transnistria]] |
* [[War of Transnistria]] |
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Revision as of 15:22, 31 May 2006
Pogrebea is a village near Dubăsari on the border between Moldova and Transnistria, part of which is located in a buffer zone overseen by the three-nation Joint Control Commission. During the 1992 War of Transnistria it was the center of some of the heaviest fighting. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved landmines in the region.[1]
In Moldovan language, Pogrebă means "a basement", and -ea is a specific ending in Moldovan; the addition of which means that Pogrebea signifies "the basement".
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